Left-wing candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wins Brazil’s presidential election with 50.9 percent of the vote

Brazil: 77-year-old left-wing candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has won the presidential election in Brazil with 50.9 percent of the vote. Brazil’s presidential election saw a fierce battle between President Jair Bolsonaro and former president Luiz Inacio Lula. Both the candidates did not get 50 percent votes in the last 2nd election. According to Brazilian electoral procedure, if presidential candidates fail to receive more than 50% of the votes, a second round of elections is held between the top two candidates with the most votes.

Accordingly, in the 2nd round election held yesterday, the voting was brisk. In the end, Luiz Inacio Lula was elected as the President of Brazil after receiving 50.9 percent of the votes. Luiz Inacio Lula has been elected as the new president of Brazil with a total of more than 63 million votes. Incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro has lost with 49.1 percent of the vote. 5 crore 82 lakh people have voted for him. After this, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is going to take office as the president of Brazil for the 3rd time soon.